CLIFFORD Joyce C. (Hoyt) R.N., PhD., F.A.A.N. of West Roxbury, Brookline and Harwich, October 21, 2011. Loving wife of Lawrence X. Clifford, PhD. Daughter of the late Raymond and Helen Hoyt of Milford CT. Sister of Rita Brown of West Haven, CT. Aunt of Raymond, Thomas, Patricia, Marjorie, Barbara and Rita. Three precious godchildren, Mrs. Carolyn Craddock and her husband Daniel of Wilmington, NC., Mrs. Nora Walker and her husband Butch of Malibu, CA. and Lt. Col. Luke Ahmann and his wife Kate of Allston. Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre St. WEST ROXBURY on Friday Oct. 28th. at 9am. followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Theresa Church at 10 o’clock. Visiting hours Thursday 3-8pm. Relatives and friends invited. Interment in the Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne at 1:45pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Dr. Clifford’s memory to the Clifford Nursing Scholarship Fund, St. Anslem’s College, 100 St. Anslems Drive, Manchester, NH. 03102 or the Clifford Scholarship Fund, c/o Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr. 330 Brookline Ave. Boston, Ma. 02215.